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We got quite excited now as Darwin was our next big destination…. the last part of civilisation before we -hopefully- reach the Kimberleys. We got quite excited now as Darwin was our next big destination…. the last part of civilisation before we -hopefully- reach the Kimberleys. When in Darwin our boat Never Land will have brought us safely 1840 nm …

Sitting around in Weipa we were discussing the pros and cons, the very windy weather gave us time…. more discussions didn’t make the decision easier… We finally said the smaller issue is the crossing as it’s quicker behind us. A couple of days later we finally had a weather windows which predicted 4 days of calm weather and waves. Off …

From the Torres Strait our way turned to the south, along the western coastline. We had 2 nice and calm days including good holding and calm anchorages. On one of these days we caught 3 mackarels within 2o minutes ! The dutch explorer Willem Jansz saw for the very first time the Australian coastline in 1606, which is 164 years …